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Digital IR shot of a Paris house hiding behind cascading tree leaves

18 November, 2025

What Lurks Behind These Leaves? – One-Shot Story

By Dave Powell

As mentioned here, interesting abstract photos are often mysterious. Like roads, walking paths or stairs to destinations unseen. Or images that hide other information. Like what...

14 November, 2025

The Rise And Fall of Pizzeria Liceo – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

For decades, it was established in 1963, not only the students of the Liceo Classico on the other side of Via Venezia, but almost all the inhabitants of my hometown, paid a visi...

14 November, 2025

A Stone Igloo – My favourite photo of 2025

By Mark Ellerby

This photo was taken whilst on a hike with my local walking group, the Sheffield 40s/50s ramblers group, with my Rollei 35T that often comes with me on daywalks, because of its ...

12 November, 2025

A Barn at the End of my Road – My Photo of the year 2025

By Neal Wellons

I decided to submit this photo after culling to about 25, then a dozen, then 8 and finally two favorites for 2025. I decided to write up a little story on each and then made m...

10 November, 2025

A Fence For Two and a Story In One (Shot)

By Omar Tibi

Birding has been a part of me ever since I was 11, both as a passion and a way to de-stress. While I’ve taken many photos with my phone’s camera, in all of this time, I’ve never...

9 November, 2025

What, IMO, Street-Photography Is All About – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

I took this picture eleven years ago and, after all this time, it is still a benchmark for my —and I stress the word ‘my’— definition of street-photography. The joy ...

8 November, 2025

A Moto Guzzi Falcone and an Expired Kodak Portra 160 Roll – One Shot Story

By Andrea Monti

Shot with a Pentax SMC FA 50/1,4 and a Pentax Z-20 loaded with an expired Kodak Portra 160, this photo portrays a Moto Guzzi Falcone. The Falcone has a special place in the hist...

7 November, 2025

Your photo of the year 2025 (and my photo of the year 2025)

By Hamish Gill

David Pauley shared his photo of the year for 2025 the other day. Scott Ferguson commented on that post that maybe more people could submit their photos of the year as part of a...

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